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A. G. ROSENORANZ.

' HILLSIDE PLOW.

Patented Sept. 22, 1896.

INVENTOR WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

ALBERT O. ROSENORANZ, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE HEILMANPLOWV COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HILLSIDE-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,279, datedSeptember 22, 1896.

Applicati n filed February 27,1896. Serial No. 581,080. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. ROSENCRANZ, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHillside-Flows and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in hillside-plows, and has moreparticular relation to mechanism for shifting the plowbeam from side toside independently of the standard.

The invention consists of the combination, with a plow having its beampivotally mounted on the standard, of a lever pivoted to theplow-standard and connected to said beam to move it from side to sideand means for lockin g said lever in any of its adjusted positions.

It also consists of certain other novel constructions, combinations, andarrangements of parts, all of which will be hereinafter moreparticularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 represents a perspective view, taken from the rear, of a hillside-plowwith my inventlon applied thereto; and Fig. 2 represents a centralvertical section through the end of the plowbeam and my improved devicefor adjusting the same.

A in the drawings represents the plowstandard; B, the plow-beam, whichis pivotally mounted on the standard at the point a in any suitablemanner 5 O, the secu ring-plate attached to the rear of the beam, and Dthe operating spring-lever.

The plate 0 is provided on its front face with suitable lugs c c, bymeans of which said plate is attached to the rear of the beam. The rearface of said plate is provided with upwardly and outwardly extendingflanges c c, that project above the upper edge of the plate and areconnected by a segmental plate 0 This plate 0 is provided with apertures0 through which a pin 01 on the rear of the lever is adapted to pass tosecure said lever in any of its adjusted positions. This lever ispivoted at its lower end to the standard by a bolt 61 and is providedwith an elongated vertical slot (P, that is adapted to fit over a pin 0on said plate 0.

It will be observed from the above that when it is desired to shift thebeam from one side to the other the upper end of the lever D is graspedand pushed forward until the pin cl disengages from the aperture 0 Thelever is then moved to one side or the other, shifting the beam throughthe medium of the pin 0 working in the elongated slot (P. The lever thensprings back in place, the pin (1 entering one of the apertures 0 andthe lever, and consequently the beam, are thus locked firmly inposition.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a plow having its beam pivotally mounted on thestandard, of a vertical, yielding hand-operated lever pro vided with alocking-pin, and pivoted at its lower end to the rear of theplow-standard, and connected to a pin applied on the rear end of theplow-beam and serving as a means whereby to move the plow-beam on itspivot, and a perforated plate for receiving the locking-pin for lockingsaid lever in any of its adjusted positions, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a plow having its beam pivotally mounted on thestandard, of an adjusting-plate mounted on said beam at its extreme rearend, a horizontally-extending pin applied on the extreme rear end of thebeam, and a vertical hand operated spring-lever pivoted at its lower endto the standard and provided with a slot which re ceives the pin on theextreme end of the plow-beam and having a projecting pin which isadapted to engage the adjusting-plate, the construction and arrangementbeing such that a great leverage is secured for adjusting the plow-beam,substantially as described.

3. The combination with a plow having its beam pivotally mounted on thestandard, of an adj usting-plate mounted on said beam In testimonywhereof I hereunto aifix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT C. ROSENCRANZ.

\Vitnesses:

GUSTAV SCHAUER, ANDREW REED.

